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GE’S MODULAR SOLUTION: GE understands that the power
and energy needs of customers are vastly different. Our energy
storage solutions can be tailored to your operational needs:
enabling efficient and cost-effective storage, distribution and
utilization of energy where it’s needed and when it’s needed.
Built with GE’s superior design and technology, our energy
storage technology delivers high performance in the most
demanding applications.
Battery Energy Storage
Solutions (BESS)
CASE STUDIES
The Imperial Irrigation
District’s (IID) 30 MW/
20 MWh Battery Energy
Storage System (BESS)
began commercial operational in October of
2016. The BESS was immediately impactful
in the operation of the IID grid by reducing
the Balancing Area Contol Error Limits (BAAL)
excursions by 83% and eliminating BAAL
excursions greater than 20 MW compared to
the three months before and after operation
began. The IID BESS provides 60 MW of
bi-directional fast flexible regulation and 30
MW of spinning reserve capability enabling
IID operators to shut down gas fired generation
operating at minimum power. This enables an
optimized system dispatch which increases
overall system efficiency. Additional essential
grid services provided by the GE supplied BESS
are solar following, Automatic Generation
Control (AGC), Area Control Error (ACE) control
mode, frequency response and black start
functionality. The IID BESS black start
functionality is a first for North America
and provides IID critical system restoration
capability. This functionality included
electrifying part of the IID 92KV grid and back
feeding the generator step-up providing all the
auxiliary power loads required to start the 44
MW gas turbine. The gas turbine was started and
synchronized to the BESS. The BESS immediately
became a dynamic system load enabling the
gas turbine to maintain its correct voltage and
frequency as additional load was added.
Hybrid Facility at GE’s Power Electronics Factory in Berlin. In reaction to
Germany’s energy transition roadmap, GE initiated a smart and fully integrated
hybrid power plant consisting of a reciprocating engine, solar PV, battery
storage, and a control system on the site of GE’s Power Electronics factory in
Berlin. The rating of the system is designed to best fit the economic benefits of the site. While still
maintaining grid code compliance at all times, this hybrid solution led to a reduction in operating
costs of the local factory and all of the power electronics for the system were manufactured on site.
BUILDING BLOCKS
more energy ††† S U B S T A T I O N
more power
high power configuration
for ancillary services
longer duration
configurations for
peak management
and energy shifting
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